DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.8 - - 49.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 43 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2773 - - 2513 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2074 - - 919 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3662 - - 3402 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1107 - - 1461 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 266 - - 205 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 318 - - 317 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1396 - - 1049 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2267 - - 2353 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 747 - - 591 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2915 - - 2811 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.8 - - 49.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.4 - - 42.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.4 - - 48.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.2 - - 41.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 43 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2773 - - 2513 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96931 36 260 38 256 96931 89504 47 256 42 250 89504 83856 36 251 38 253 83856 79217 27 253 37 261 79217 75211 32 264 37 263 75211 71652 33 255 39 271 71652 68438 32 268 41 270 68438 65496 45 271 40 262 65496 62760 46 264 40 270 62760 60097 44 263 47 272 60097 57310 46 268 46 264 57310 54394 48 264 47 269 54394 51605 45 264 56 272 51605 49111 48 268 57 264 49111 46879 48 264 51 255 46879 44845 46 262 48 268 44845 42990 52 274 60 276 42990 41305 66 278 70 275 41305 39764 75 274 75 274 39764 38340 80 268 81 275 38340 37009 83 265 86 275 37009 35724 83 263 87 274 35724 34414 84 262 87 274 34414 33048 84 263 86 274 33048 31629 78 263 83 275 31629 30143 69 261 78 275 30143 28581 65 260 72 274 28581 26942 64 263 67 274 26942 25223 65 267 64 277 25223 23426 64 268 61 277 23426 21556 61 267 55 278 21556 19606 57 266 46 283 19606 17569 52 269 42 288 17569 15483 51 271 40 289 15483 13467 53 270 41 287 13467 11633 54 271 41 284 11633 10007 51 274 38 285 10007 8574 40 279 32 288 8574 7312 30 282 22 286 7312 6199 26 279 17 267 6199 5218 19 287 14 281 5218 4359 16*312 11 318 4359 3603 16*317 11*319 3603 2928 15 318 11*318 2928 2331 15 318 11 318 2331 1833 15 318 11 317 1833 1450 14 318 11 317 1450 1187 13 318 10 316 1187 1027 12 319 9 316 1027 936 10 318 8 316 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography